As the application of the Internet of Things is gradually implemented and promoted, corresponding devices and products are ubiquitous. In the context of the use of the IoT, the RTLS (Real-time Location System) indoor locating system is now a significant technology that field management attaches importance to. It can reduce human resources and increase management efficiency has been confirmed by various industries.
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How our colleagues in the Media and Entertainment industry solve their video storage needs. Dailies. B-Rolls. Circle-Takes. These digital video-oriented processes of the ?Hollywood? production marketplace have ?for over a decade now? seen an explosion in the volume of recorded video that must be stored and managed. Entirely new workflows have been created to handle the deluge of video that digital movie-set cameras have unleashed.
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The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is launching a new Ransomware Task Force (RTF) to tackle this increasingly prevalent and destructive type of cybercrime. The RTF?s founding members understand that ransomware is too large of a threat for any one entity to address, and have come together to provide clear recommendations for both public and private action that will significantly reduce the threat posed by this criminal enterprise. uts.
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PSA announced the appointment of Matt Barnette as its next Chief Executive Officer; PSA?s current CEO, Bill Bozeman, plans to retire from the organization in 2021. Barnette most recently served as Vice President of Physical Access Control Solutions North America Business Unit for HID Global and previously held the role of President at Mercury Security. Barnette is a seasoned veteran in the physical security industry with over 30 years of experience in management and executive roles.
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LenelS2 announced the integration of its OnGuard and NetBox access control systems with Seek Thermal?s Seek-Scan thermal imaging system. The new integration allows businesses to identify individuals with elevated skin temperature through a contactless solution and allow or deny entry based on this reading. The integrated solution joins the Carrier Healthy Buildings Program suite of offerings to help deliver healthier, safer, more efficient, and productive indoor environments.
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LenelS2 announced a global distribution agreement to resell Invixium?s contactless biometric solutions through the LenelS2 OnGuard? and NetBox value-added reseller (VAR) channels. The agreement also includes a new interface with the OnGuard and NetBox systems to enhance access control and proactive screening to help protect people and optimize building health and efficiency. The solutions are offered as part of Carrier?s Healthy Buildings Program.
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Following the release of FLIR United Video Management System 9.0 (United VMS) in August 2020, FLIR Systems announced the global availability of United VMS 9.0.1 with new advanced features. The latest platform update offers further streamlined access to system status and alarms around the clock for security teams to react to threat activities faster, while enjoying improved reporting and cybersecurity functionality.
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One of the largest public train operators in the United Kingdom, Southeastern Rail Network, now relies on a smart video security solution from Bosch to secure twelve train depots, including five unmanned locations, against theft and intrusion. The fully digital video surveillance system presents a significant upgrade to the British train operating company, which provides train services between London, Kent and parts of East Sussex and transports 640,000 passengers each weekday on its 392 trains.
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In a bid to further the shared goal of bringing about greater data privacy and transparency, Ontology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Litentry. As part of the agreement, the two pioneers in decentralized identity and data management solutions will collaborate to integrate Ontology?s bespoke decentralized identity solution, DeID, and DDXF, Ontology?s decentralized data exchange, and collaboration framework, into Litentry?s identity aggregation and computation system.
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iComply Investor Services is announcing that it is launching an updated version of its comply KYC platform for digital compliance administration that now supports the onboarding and authentication of legal entities and natural persons as a part of its all-in-one compliance solution. Unlike existing electronic identification (e-ID) solutions that require tools from multiple vendors and manual processing for B2C and B2B customer due-diligence, comply KYC offers a standalone system.
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Boon Edam announced the installation of a Boon Edam revolving door at the new Cantina Laredo in Virginia Beach, VA. The addition of the door provides both convenience and prestige to the newly-built restaurant. Situated in the growing Town Center of the city of Virginia Beach, Cantina Laredo is located on the second floor of mixed-use development. The ground floor features retail stores including Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn.
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Tavcom Training announced the addition of two one-day CCTV courses to its extensive online learning platform. The CCTV Control Room Refresher and CCTV Legislation courses are available now, with the option of accredited (BTEC) and non-accredited certificates, as well as CPD points available. The CCTV Control Room Refresher Course is essential for security practitioners that have completed the SIA training and want to keep up-to-date with the ever-changing issues affecting public space surveillance.
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NETSCOUT SYSTEMS announced the extension of its Smart Perimeter Protection to AWS. The combination of NETSCOUT?s Cyber Investigator and CyberStream software with new AWS packet access services helps contain costs and achieve better efficiencies in mitigating novel security threats as enterprises move applications to the cloud. As the threat surface expands, the solution uses packet data and powerful cyber analytics to get to the root cause of cybersecurity issues quickly.
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During this time of unprecedented change, the access control industry is flush with opportunity. Lee Odess, a 2020 IFSEC Global Influencer in Security and Fire and author of The 6 Phase Changes Shaping Access Control, hopes his new book will spur stakeholders to consider how today?s unique conditions are bearing upon every aspect of the access control industry. The book explores six driving forces and their resulting impact: market reach, technology, innovation engines, marketing, talent, and the “It” factor.
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HID Global has added HID Trusted Tag Services to its Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) coin and banknote holders so collectors can quickly and easily validate the authenticity, grade, and condition of their PCGS collectibles with a tap of their NFC-enabled smartphone. With the rare coin market exceeding $3 billion, product authentication technology has swiftly become a necessity to prevent counterfeit coins and banknotes without compromising the encapsulation or condition of the
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Iris ID announced Kurt Wherley has joined the organization as director of sales for workforce management, North America. Wherley, who has more than 30 years of experience with time and attendance solutions, will develop new customers and support the sales channel for Iris ID?s recently launched IrisTime biometric-based workforce management platforms. Previously, Wherley worked for 17 years with Schlage Biometrics, most recently as a national account manager, time and attendance, offering complete workforce management solutions.
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DigiCert helps companies provision and manage digital certificates at any point during the product lifecycle with the new release of the IoT Device Manager. Manufacturers can now embed certificates on chipsets prior to and during manufacturing, or directly to an edge device, for complete end-to-end device security. IoT Device Manager is built on DigiCert ONE, which enables rapid, automated PKI deployment as a customer-managed, on-premises or cloud solution, or managed by DigiCert for any environment.
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Pushouts?when thieves posing as shoppers fill carts and baskets with expensive merchandise and push them out the door without paying?cost retailers hundreds of millions of dollars in lost profits every year. According to the National Retail Federation, each pushout averages over $500 in stolen merchandise. Sadly, nearly all of these theft events are undetected, until now. Artificial intelligence (AI) fundamentally changes how retailers can combat these hard-to-detect theft events.
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Hanwha Techwin announced its top five key trend predictions for the security industry in 2020. They include AI moving to the edge, open platforms, cloud, cybersecurity, and privacy. Increased computing power along with improved AI algorithms are driving the trend towards AI and machine learning to be run on IoT devices instead of expensive and resource-hungry on-premises data servers. Next-generation security edge devices will be able to serve as sensors for detecting video data, radar, thermal imaging, and more.
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Having cost a cumulative number of over 65.8 million reported cases and 1.5 million deaths globally as of December 7th, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has casted a shadow on almost everyone in the world. The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Epidemiological Update and Weekly Operational Update by WHO gives us a hint that the situation might not recover any time soon. Compromising to reality, people are doing everything to better protect themselves and the loved ones in the new normal.
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